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Hypericicoccus Williams 1963

Description

Hypericicoccus Williams 1963

Trachycoccus Ferris 1955: 215. Type species: Trachycoccus hyperici Ferris by monotypy and original designation (junior homonym discovered by Williams 1961: 93). Notes: Homonym of Trachycoccus Borchsenius 1950: 781.

Hypericicoccus Williams 1963: 93. Type species: Trachycoccus hyperici Ferris 1955: 215 (replacement name for Trachycoccus Ferris 1955).

Diagnosis of adult female: Derm along body margin with numerous small projections; anal lobes not projecting; enlarged setae with broad bases similar to most species of Ovaticoccus; ventral setae enlarged near anal ring; microtubular ducts on both surfaces; macrotubular ducts absent; multilocular pores on both surfaces; cruciform pores present; anal ring with unusually robust setae; legs and antennae reduced.

Notes

Published as part of Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, pp. 1-213 in Zootaxa 5221 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7441371

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eriococcidae
Genus
Hypericicoccus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Williams
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hypericicoccus Williams, 1963 sec. Miller & Stocks, 2022

References

  • Williams, D. J. (1963) Some taxonomic notes on the Coccoidea (Homoptera). The Entomologist, 96, 100 - 101.
  • Ferris, G. F. (1955) Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Vol. 7. the Families Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae Dactylopiidae and Lacciferidae. III. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California, 233 pp.
  • Williams, D. J. (1961) Changes in nomenclature affecting some Coccoidea (Homoptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 97, 92 - 93.
  • Borchsenius, N. S. (1950) [Toward the revision of the genus Asterolecanium (Targ.) Sign. (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea).]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, New Series, 71, 781 - 783.